fossilized

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This was a fossilized program taking on a divisive, peripatetic local who’d pledged his prior job was going to be his “last job.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

By examining the fossilized feathers, researchers identified a continuous line of black spots along the wing edges.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

Tada and his colleagues set out to reconstruct the soft tissues hidden within the fossilized bone.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026

However, the skull had fossilized with the mouth closed, hiding internal structures such as the brain case.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Basically, if you get your jollies crawling on your hands and knees digging up fossilized poop, then you’ll really love an office full of the real thing—smell included.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman